Canopy



A. J. AUBLE Sept. 9, 1930.

CANOPY Filed March 11, 1930 2 Shuts-She 1 By g Allorncy Sept. 9, 1930. A J. AUBLE 1,775,383

CANOPY Filed March 11, 1930 2 ShQQtl-ShOQt 2 Inventor Jrfi/zzu Jlflaabie M Patented Sept. 9, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR J'. A'UBLE, OF 031), NEBRASKA CANOPY Application filed March 11, 1930. Serial No. 434,890.

This invention relates to a canopy and has for its prime object to provide a device of this nature formed of a plurality of slats to give shade from the sun and to allow light to pass therebetween.

Another very important feature of the invention resides in the provisionof a canopy having slats with means affording protection from rain but allowing snow and air to pass therethrough so that it will not be necessary for the canopy to carry any great weight in a snow storm and the canopy allows the free ventilation with tendency for rising current of air resulting in the air being cool 1 under the canopy.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a canopy of this nature which is simple in its constructi on, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of arts as will be hereinafter more fully descri ed and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a canopy embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig ure 1 Figure 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the slats.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that numerals 5 denote a pair of angle irons which are secured in the wall of a building or the like so as to project horizontally and outwardly therefrom. Side plates 6 are mounted on the angle irons 5 and have troughs 7 formed at their bottom edges. Flanges 8 extend inwardly from the trough.

Flanges 9 extend inwardly from the upper edges of the side plates 6. A plurality of slats 10 are mounted between the flanges 8 and 9 terminating distances from the side plates 6. These slats 1O areinclined upwardly and inwardly so as to be disposed in spaced parallelism with respect to each other and so as to overlap to a sllght degree.

On the bottom ed es of the slats there. are turned up flanges orming troughs 11. A cross plate 12 is mounted between the forward end of the side plates 6. Brace rods 14 may be attached to the angle iron 9 and to the building. 1

From the above detailed description, it will be seen that the sunrays are prevented from going through the canopy thereby protecting a store window and the like and also persons and objects under the canopy from the sunlight.

The spaces between the slats allow air to circulate freely therethrough and in a snow storm would allow the flakes of snow to readily pass therebetween, about the only snow being caught would be in the troughs 11 which, of course, would be very little. The rain, however, would be taken care of, the troughs 11 draining the water into the trough 7 so that the water would pour out of the outer end thereof into the street.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A canopy of the class described comprising a pair of sides, troughs on the bottom edges of the sides and having inwardly directed flanges, said sides at their upper portion having inwardly directed flanges, and

a plurality of slats fixed to the flanges in spaced relation to one another and disposed to incline upwardly and inwardly, and tiopsghs formed on the bottom edges of the S a 5 2. A canopy of the class described comprising a pair of sides, troughs on the bottom edges of the sides and having inwardly directed flanges, said sides at their upper portion having inwardly directed flanges, and a plurality of slats fixed to the flanges in spaced relation to one another and disposed to incline upwardly and inwardly, and troughs formed on the bottom edges of the slats, said slats terminating a distance from each side.

3. A. canopy of the class described comprising a pair of sides, troughs onthe bottom edges of the sides and having inwardly .directed flanges, said sides at their upper portion having inwardly directed flanges, and a plurality of slats fixed to the flanges in spaced relation to one another and disposed to incline upwardly and inwardly, and troughs formed on the bottom edges of the slats, said s'lats terminating a distance from each side, said slats being disposed in parallelism with one another.

4. A canopy of the class described comprising a pair of sides, troughs on the bottom edges of the sides and having inwardly directed flanges, said sides at their upper portion having inwardly directed flanges, and a plurality of slats fixed to the flanges in spaced relation to one another and disposed to incline upwardly and inwardly, and troughs formed on the bottom edges of the slats, said slats terminating a distance from each side, said slats being 'dsposed in parallelism with one another, an end plate across 40 the outer ends of the sides.

5. A canopy of the class described comprising a pair of sides, troughs on the bottom edges of the sides and having inwardly directed flanges, said sides at their upper por- 5 tion having inwardly directed flanges, and a plurality of slats fixed to the flanges in spaced relation to one another and disposed to incline upwardly and inwardly, and troughs formed on the bottom edges of the 5 slats, said slats terminating a distance from each side, said slats being disposed in parallelism with one another, an end plate across the outer ends of the sides, a pair of supporting members on which the sides rest.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR J. AUBLE. 

